I am not going to edit or change my stories to come in line with game canon as of 358/2. I've been working with my versions of the characters for too long, I highly suspect I'll continue to prefer them to Squisney's, and I'm not going to delete two years' worth of stories or change up my entire storyline just because they suddenly changed their minds about telling us the Organization's pasts. If they already had their pasts in mind, they should have offered them straight-up, instead of leaving so much to imagination and letting fan-artists and fan-authors have so much leeway only to crush us now. Besides, my FAN-character Xanrivash is less of a Mary-Sue than the CANON character Xion, and I think Demyx is a better friend for Axel and Roxas than Xion is anyway. And you couldn't pay me to get rid of Fori. Or Duaxas, or Nakrixiast, or Gaxida, or any of half-a-dozen OCs that only see the light of day in my own mind.

tl;dr: Screw you, Squisney. You can't force me to be canon.

Note: Anyone who contacts me to complain that my characters are off-canon will be heartily ignored. That is not a mistake, I don't care that I'm off canon, I will not change my characters to come in line with canon, and being told that I don't have the right to write as I please makes me bitchy. I don't care how much effort you put into being polite about it. If you want to be polite, don't hit the send button.

I play the music that I findWritten where my heart should beTo the beat of what is lostIn the key of my insanity...

-Demyx Ghatori

Various weird facts about the Organization:

Xemnas has a coffeemaker on his desk. It runs about 8 hours a day. Also, he wouldn't drink convenience-store coffee if you paid him.Xigbar is a gearhead with a thing for classic cars. He's converted half of one of the huge basement storage rooms to a garage.Xaldin has the other half of said basement storage room, and uses it as a microbrewery. He makes some pretty good beer, too, but he's not good at sharing it.Vexen is a better shot than Xigbar is. He gets very little use out of this skill, unfortunately.Lexaeus has a thing for blankets. They're draped over every logical surface in his room, plus a few folded up and piled in corners. He also lends them out a lot.Zexion may bend the truth so much it comes out looking like Origami compared to how it started, but he only lies outright when he's caught reading in the bathroom.Saix wouldn't take the Superior's job if you asked him. The last group he led was pretty much all eaten by Heartless, which kind of destroyed his faith in his own leadership skills.Axel is a licensed bartender. Ironic, but it could be handy if he needs some extra munny sometime.Demyx is scared of ants. He'll eat them if they're properly prepared, but if he sees them alive, he'll either squish them or flee.Luxord hates slot machines. They're (pretty much) the only casino game where there's no way for the player to affect or predict the outcome.Marluxia will eat botanical fruits, but no other plant matter if he can help it. Reason: Fruits are meant to be eaten, the rest of the plant isn't. (He tries not to think about bread.)Larxene owns a grand total of one teddy bear. It looks like a black Care Bear with pierced ears and a skull on its belly. She mostly throws it around the room during temper tantrums.Roxas is a big fan of Sherlock Holmes. He's also kind of into Agatha Christie, but he prefers the original master detective.

The Organization Thinks You're Stupid

Object: Guess which member said what, and note me with your answers. If you guess right, you get a cookie and your username on my profile, as long as you don't give it away. (I left my OCs out, partly because Xanrivash's accent would give her away, and of course, there is no Xion.)

Hint: One member is in the right order. Everyone else is out of order.

1. It's been fun, but now, for both our sakes, I think it's best if this conversation never happens again.2. ...My apologies. My thoughts had wandered down more intellectual paths. Of course, there may be no other sort of path.3. They really do come that stupid. I'd wondered.4. I'm sorry, but I feel the need for more intelligent conversation. This wall might suffice.5. Congratulations on having successfully wasted far more of my valuable time than you have ever been worth.6. Before we go on, if I continue listening to you, will I be compensated for unnecessary exposure to stupidity?7. I'm sorry, but I really feel sick right now...I think I just got a massive overdose of stupidity.8. Silence is golden...sadly, that was lead.9. It's incredible! Whenever you open your mouth, it's like the purest fail comes raining from the sky! It would be a miracle if it was a good thing!10. I've heard stupider things, but never from anyone sober.11. Can we keep the unnecessary stupidity to a minimum from here on out?12. Thank you for the fascinating insight into the processes of the barely-functional mind.13. Wow...you didn't seem that stupid before you opened your mouth.

Cookie winners so far: xcupidxstuntx, Yuki no Iro, Twiliteyes93

"Demyx grabbed the sheets of music he'd just written and started playing the composition in its entirety for the first time. His expression was strangely peaceful and contented, as if he didn't need a heart to feel happiness as long as he had his music. Ironic that he was profoundly deaf. But existence had already played a cruel joke on Nobodies in general; one more hardly made a difference."

Deaf!Demyx is one resilient man.

Why does Axel have diabetes? I woke up one morning and asked "Why is Axel so skinny? He's got way too much self-esteem for an eating disorder..."

I've kept my fire insurance up-to-date ever since.

"Whether a man bows down to God or Mammon or to Cthulhu in his dark house at R'lyeh is no affair of mine...until he sheds one drop of blood not his own in his deity's name. Then God have mercy upon him, for I shall not."

Sherlock Holmes, "The Adventure of the Antiquarian's Niece" (Barbara Hambly)

A picture of Lucioforo/Foriuxocol, by the inestimable wegs: http://wegs.deviantart.com/art/Kiriban-Lucioforo-Rakanishu-90689585

A picture of Lung Jiu Gui, by feline-gal/bipolarity: http://feline-gal.deviantart.com/art/Lung-Jiu-Gui-100309944

Fori in combat with another OC, by Meowen: http://meowen.deviantart.com/art/Take-a-bow-109648552

Axel and his origami tiger, by lutra13: http://lutra13.deviantart.com/art/New-year-in-the-Nexus-151268787

The picture on Demyx's wall, by KirraLovesMarik: http://kirralovesmarik.deviantart.com/art/Contest-Prize-VanshiraKasores-204743079

Doctor: This is one of those times when I really wish I hadn't thrown out the TARDIS manual.Demyx: ...So...what's it going to take to fix it this time?Doctor: An awful lot of parts I don't have and don't know if I'll be able to get without working navigation circuits.Demyx: Well, I can offer you three sitar strings and the mechanism from a counterfeit Tag Heuer.Doctor: ...Oh, that's brilliant! You should have mentioned that earlier! Hand 'em over, I'll take 'em!Demyx: ...Gods above, Doc, I was joking...fuck, here. Take the watch.Doctor: Brilliant. Now I'll need those sitar strings and...that little cylinder you wear around your neck that you keep pills in. I'll need that too. Not the pills. Just the cylinder.Demyx: ...Do you want my artificial hand too, Doctor MacGyver?Doctor: Worst comes to worst, I might have to borrow a few gears.

My KH stories, in order of when they're set (not necessarily the order in which they were written):

New Neighbors

It Only Hurts Just Once

Whoever Katrina Is (except the epilogue)

Losing the Melody

The Day the Music Died

The Sound of Music/Alive Alive Oh

It's Just a Dream

Misery Loves Company

The Sweetest Things

Socked

Cautionary Tales

Ceviche, Guitar Hero, and a Fish Called Axel

The Gales of November

Sick Days

String Theory

By Request

Marked for Life

Regnerische Nachtmusik

A Little Problem

Nobody's Love

Nobody Died

Into the Nexus (Into the Void)

The Ways of the Elements

Dichotomy

Strange Mad Ecstasy

String Practice

Aftermath

Dreams

A Few New Scars and a Heck of a Story

Confession Time

Lung Qin Xiang

Pranked

The Recovery Room

Stronger than Whiskey

Christmas from the War Zone

Blood Ties

Weathering It/In the Garden

The Rumor Mill

Holding the Bag

Against the Wind

Burning Bright

The Care and Keeping of Demyx

The Cavern

Thanksgiving Tradition

Fireflies

Winter Vacation

After the Ashes

Taken by Force

The Ride to Nowhere/By Thine Own Hand/What Comfort Can Be Had

Forced Relaxation

The Journey Back

The Presence of Witnesses

The Well/Tiny Little Bits

Writing on the Wall

Relics from the Seventh Sanctum

Strange Mad Sandwiches

The Stupid Things You Do

There Is A Tide

The Ends of Worlds/Far Afield

Completely AU:

Prodigal Suns

El Guitarrista

(Note: "The Ways of the Elements" is weird, and technically all over the timeline. However, nothing in that story really has any impact on any other story. If you're trying to read all the stories in order, read it after "Into the Nexus" just so you know who Fori is.)

Anyone who portrays Demyx as a spaz, an imbecile, or ADHD has no idea what it takes to play sitar. Get one.

Driven from his home, Demyx finds himself in a world that hates him. Friends are few, enemies falling over themselves to hurt him, and all he really wants is to show them all he's not the monster they've been told. Zemyxness, AkuRoku

Demyx has killed himself, Axel is the best friend left behind, Roxas is the brother and Zexion is the unknown student. Mostly about the people left behind after a suicide. Characthers death. AU. oneshot. AkuDem if you squint.

AU. We moved to get away from the craziness of city life. But Mom didn’t know that moving us out to the suburbs would land me with the hot Roxas, his psycho twin who wanted to castrate me, and their freaky manparents. AkuRoku RikuSora Zemyx TerraVen

Everyone thought Demyx was nothing but hyper and dumb. They should have known that he didn't say not to judge people by their appearences for nothing. [Demyxcentered fic Pairings DemyxRiku, barely implied Akuroku, RoxasSora T for curses, slash, etc.]

The rain is so refreshing. Its the only thing that can make you forget about your problems. Demyx thinks so. after he loses his voice, its one of the few things he's got left to share. May become AkuDemy, I'm not sure.

My impression of what happens when Demyx disappears after his second fight with Sora. My first attempt at angst, so if it doesn't make you feel something remotely saddening... cries Rated for Demyx dying. Oneshot

It was his own personal snow globe, he realized, eyes widening in amusement. His own winter wonderland was right before his eyes. Then he had to strain to think – what did heartheavy people do in their winter wonderlands?

This is my second oneshot. Its about Demyx going to Atlantica and he runs into some problems.Ursula trys to convince him to get a heart and he has to pay for that with his...cant tell you. No pairings...R&R if you want

Axel's 'afterlife' isn't at all what he expected, and Demyx is less than appreciative when the boisterous redhead gets, quite literally, dropped into his life. But will they be able to work together when new life threatening complications arise? AkuDemy!

Xemnas decides to order IQ tests for Organization XIII so that he'll know who to send on intelligence heavy missions. Of course, the rest of the order gets competitive about their scores and there are a few surprises when the results are announced. [Fin!]

Zexion knows he's only on this mission as a test of his loyalty, and a wrong move could get him killed. Why is the person who's supposed to be guarding him trying to force him to relax? Sequel to Taken by Force and By Thine Own Hand.

Demyx knows he should simply abandon the mission as too dangerous, before it's too late. But the mysterious writing on the wall keeps encouraging him onwards, though towards what, he might not live to find out...

Axel thinks he knows Demyx better than anyone, including the ugly past he keeps hidden. But a chance encounter leads Demyx to put his past on public display, and Axel has to wonder what sides of Demyx he hasn't seen yet, and what he's capable of.

Demyx just can't resist a roller coaster. He doesn't see the warning until a little too late: "When this ride is in motion, all else is stopped". Now, if he wants to get out alive, he has to find some way to make it stop, before it's too late...

The guitarist had been sitting there playing by the ice cream shop all summer. Roxas almost thought of him as part of the scenery, until he asked for a ride home one day. Turns out, there was a lot more to him than met the eye... AU

Axel won't admit his drinking is out of control, until one alcoholic rampage nearly ends in tragedy. Now he's faced with the toughest mission of his existence: give up the bottle, and prove he's stronger than whiskey.

Zexion is in hiding from the Organization in the vast collection of worlds known as the Galaxy Far, Far Away. Demyx is somehow the only one who can find him, with not much besides a lightsaber and three weeks' training in a strange magic called the Force.

It's all about family, isn't it? And aren't friends just family you choose...even if their culture and yours are radically different? And even if the guy you were hoping would cook for you just became a vegetarian?

In a split second, a Nobody vanishes into the earth. While his comrades race to find him in a long-abandoned cavern before it's too late, he searches desperately for his own way out, and finds something he didn't know he was looking for...

A mysterious tiger is stalking the halls of the Castle that Never Was at night, vanishing during the daytime. No one knows where it came from or how to stop its rampage before someone is killed. But the tiger's secret is closer than anyone realizes...

Only Demyx would volunteer to go on a potentially dangerous mission on Christmas Eve. Only Demyx could get into this much trouble so quickly. And only Demyx could escape it with nothing but luck on his side.

Roxas gets involved in a prank war with the Organization's newest member. When the two of them team up and start pranking others, some of the consequences force Roxas to rethink whether the fun is always worth it.

Looking back on it, I admit it was my fault. I was way too tired to drive, and if I had any sense at all, I'd have pulled over. But maybe it was just one of those stupid things - that's why they call them accidents.

A freak accident gives Demyx a dragon's powers, but only in the Land of Dragons. When an act of defiance leaves him on the run from the Organization, he tries to harness his dragon powers to protect himself, and all hell breaks loose...

Going deaf has always seemed the worst of all possible fates to Demyx. Coping with gradual hearing loss seems like one unending nightmare to him, and his friends don't know what's wrong...they just know something is...

To his best friends, Axel is normally warm and protective. But the even most comforting fire can turn into a raging inferno that destroys all in its path. No matter how sorry you are later, the damage is done. Rated for violence.

Everyone in Port Royal had gathered to see a Nobody die, but as it turned out, nobody died. A last second rescue leads to a quest for revenge, which makes another rescue necessary, and there's a surprising discovery...Demyx hates Christmas?

What's the stupidest thing you've ever done? Roxas asks Demyx. Instead of telling him about some absurd juvenile stunt, Demyx flees the room, leaving Axel to explain. Songfic for The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, in a fluff sandwich.

...She's messed us up royally. When Axel and Demyx were first sent to New Orleans, they had no idea just how wrong a mission could go. Rated for some bad language, some violence in later chapters. All pairings are friendship only.